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RIP Sir Rick..you and ade brought me so many tears of laughter since i was shown the young ones as a child.You put everything into your performances & were adored by millions.Such a sad loss.

RIP Sir Rick..you and ade brought me so many tears of laughter since i was shown the young ones as a child.You put everything into your performances & were adored by millions.Such a sad loss.Halo Saint

RIP Sir Rick..you and ade brought me so many tears of laughter since i was shown the young ones as a child.You put everything into your performances & were adored by millions.Such a sad loss.

Score: 3

elvisimo
4:15pm Mon 9 Jun 14

taught a whole generation to laugh - principally at themselves. - very sad and huge loss.

taught a whole generation to laugh - principally at themselves. - very sad and huge loss.elvisimo

taught a whole generation to laugh - principally at themselves. - very sad and huge loss.

Score: 21

camerajuan
4:59pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Devastating News!

One of the originals of British Comedy. Will be sadly missed. My housemate has all the Bottom videos in his collection & he is the only one who gets all the quotes!

Rest easy Snotface, your work here is done!

Devastating News!
One of the originals of British Comedy. Will be sadly missed. My housemate has all the Bottom videos in his collection & he is the only one who gets all the quotes!
Rest easy Snotface, your work here is done!camerajuan

Devastating News!

One of the originals of British Comedy. Will be sadly missed. My housemate has all the Bottom videos in his collection & he is the only one who gets all the quotes!

Rest easy Snotface, your work here is done!

Score: 12

RomseyKeith
4:05pm Mon 9 Jun 14

RIP Lord Flasheart, Alan B'stard, Rick and Richard Richard. Great characters brought to life by Rick Mayall. My old uni lecturer wrote the 2nd series of The New Statesman and always spoke highly of him. Such a shame at 56.

RIP Lord Flasheart, Alan B'stard, Rick and Richard Richard. Great characters brought to life by Rick Mayall. My old uni lecturer wrote the 2nd series of The New Statesman and always spoke highly of him. Such a shame at 56.RomseyKeith

RIP Lord Flasheart, Alan B'stard, Rick and Richard Richard. Great characters brought to life by Rick Mayall. My old uni lecturer wrote the 2nd series of The New Statesman and always spoke highly of him. Such a shame at 56.

Score: 25

bobby the crane
4:33pm Mon 9 Jun 14

So very sad only 56 years old such a same one of the worlds Greatest s
Will be Sadly Missed
RIP Rick

So very sad only 56 years old such a same one of the worlds Greatest s
Will be Sadly Missed
RIP Rickbobby the crane

So very sad only 56 years old such a same one of the worlds Greatest s
Will be Sadly Missed
RIP Rick

Score: 13

WoolstonSean
4:19pm Mon 9 Jun 14

This is so sad to hear he was a true legend in British comedy who will be sadly missed.

RIP Rik

This is so sad to hear he was a true legend in British comedy who will be sadly missed.
RIP RikWoolstonSean

This is so sad to hear he was a true legend in British comedy who will be sadly missed.

RIP Rik

Score: 17

aldermoorboy
4:09pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Very sad news, RIP

Very sad news, RIPaldermoorboy

Very sad news, RIP

Score: 20

itsnotjustice
4:11pm Mon 9 Jun 14

grew up watching rick on tv and just been getting back into watching him on gold.... seeing this has left me absolutelly gutted, as gutted as when sir markus died... such a tragic shame. rest in peace rik... so young. so talented. so loved

grew up watching rick on tv and just been getting back into watching him on gold.... seeing this has left me absolutelly gutted, as gutted as when sir markus died... such a tragic shame. rest in peace rik... so young. so talented. so loveditsnotjustice

grew up watching rick on tv and just been getting back into watching him on gold.... seeing this has left me absolutelly gutted, as gutted as when sir markus died... such a tragic shame. rest in peace rik... so young. so talented. so loved

RIP Rik you made us laugh, you will be missed, you got through the quad bike accident too

RIP Rik you made us laugh, you will be missed, you got through the quad bike accident toosparkster

RIP Rik you made us laugh, you will be missed, you got through the quad bike accident too

Score: 10

Crazysexycute
5:42pm Mon 9 Jun 14

I really thought it was some kind of joke when I first saw Rik had died on fb.
Can't believe this is true, what a legend he will be sadly missed :( xx

I really thought it was some kind of joke when I first saw Rik had died on fb.
Can't believe this is true, what a legend he will be sadly missed :( xxCrazysexycute

I really thought it was some kind of joke when I first saw Rik had died on fb.
Can't believe this is true, what a legend he will be sadly missed :( xx

Score: 10

userds5050
6:53pm Mon 9 Jun 14

From the Bottom live video filmed at The Mayflower: "Actually, I'm from Southampton." "Oh, why did you leave?" "I found the train station." RIP

From the Bottom live video filmed at The Mayflower: "Actually, I'm from Southampton." "Oh, why did you leave?" "I found the train station." RIPuserds5050

From the Bottom live video filmed at The Mayflower: "Actually, I'm from Southampton." "Oh, why did you leave?" "I found the train station." RIP

Score: 13

03alpe01
7:55pm Mon 9 Jun 14

RIP

RIP03alpe01

RIP

Score: 6

Kirsty666
8:01pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Rest in peace Rik sad loss to the comedy world.

Rest in peace Rik sad loss to the comedy world.Kirsty666

Rest in peace Rik sad loss to the comedy world.

Score: 9

Kirsty666
8:12pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Rik Mayall a true genius of comedy awesome man all work amazing weather serious or funny my all time favourite has to be Drop dead Fred.

The Americans wrote for a headline Rik Mayall star of Drop Dead Fred Dead!

Rik Mayall a true genius of comedy awesome man all work amazing weather serious or funny my all time favourite has to be Drop dead Fred.
The Americans wrote for a headline Rik Mayall star of Drop Dead Fred Dead!Kirsty666

Rik Mayall a true genius of comedy awesome man all work amazing weather serious or funny my all time favourite has to be Drop dead Fred.

The Americans wrote for a headline Rik Mayall star of Drop Dead Fred Dead!

Score: 7

sue1956
8:21pm Mon 9 Jun 14

So young

So youngsue1956

So young

Score: 4

Positively4thStreet
9:05pm Mon 9 Jun 14

Just goes to show that any human being's grip on life is tenuous,and we should all live for the moment,and take nothing for granted.
A very funny comedian who will be much missed,but has left a great legacy of work.
RIP.

Just goes to show that any human being's grip on life is tenuous,and we should all live for the moment,and take nothing for granted.
A very funny comedian who will be much missed,but has left a great legacy of work.
RIP.Positively4thStreet

Just goes to show that any human being's grip on life is tenuous,and we should all live for the moment,and take nothing for granted.
A very funny comedian who will be much missed,but has left a great legacy of work.
RIP.

Spike, Marty Feldman - Rik and many more - we are at our best when laughing - at ourselves. Many nations never quite grasped that.

Spike, Marty Feldman - Rik and many more - we are at our best when laughing - at ourselves. Many nations never quite grasped that.skeptik

Spike, Marty Feldman - Rik and many more - we are at our best when laughing - at ourselves. Many nations never quite grasped that.

Score: 4

excusemoi
9:23am Tue 10 Jun 14

I can't believe Rik has died. He was so funny and he was great in straight roles as well. I recently watched him in an Agatha Christie, brilliant.
I'm still in shock actually...

I can't believe Rik has died. He was so funny and he was great in straight roles as well. I recently watched him in an Agatha Christie, brilliant.
I'm still in shock actually...excusemoi

I can't believe Rik has died. He was so funny and he was great in straight roles as well. I recently watched him in an Agatha Christie, brilliant.
I'm still in shock actually...

Score: 4

RomseyKeith
12:50pm Tue 10 Jun 14

This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Other kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?"

(From The Young Ones)

This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"
And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Other kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?"
(From The Young Ones)RomseyKeith

This house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!"

And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Other kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?"

(From The Young Ones)

Score: 3

Saint Botley
6:19pm Tue 10 Jun 14

Impossible to think of anyone more of an influence on myself and my friends when growing up. Really sad loss. RIP Rik, you big bottom burp.

Impossible to think of anyone more of an influence on myself and my friends when growing up. Really sad loss. RIP Rik, you big bottom burp.Saint Botley

Impossible to think of anyone more of an influence on myself and my friends when growing up. Really sad loss. RIP Rik, you big bottom burp.

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